I've lived with friends before. I've lived by myself for four months now. It can be very boring at times, but most of the time I'm just thankful that I can wind down after work (midnight) and not have to worry about anyone else making noise or making a mess, if I feel like peace and quiet. Nor do I have to worry about anyone else complaining if I feel like working on music at 4AM.. which I've done often.
Not that my friends complain and not that my neighbors won't.
What I am beginning to notice is that I have no idea how to manage the amount of food I buy when I'm on my own. I always buy too much food and, unfortunately, my appetite is starting to catch up with the amount of food I'm buying. I just could not help but ask myself why the hell I feel the ned to buy so much food. (And buy "so much food" I mean $100 a month, including alcohol for parties.)
And it came to me suddenly... I have younger twin brothers that are 17 years old, 6'3, eat like horses and are STILL just skin and bones. Every time I would bring food home, I'd have to leave it in my car if I wanted it to last for more than a day ... and if it wasn't a non-parishable food product, my ass had better be hungry.
I lived under the same roof as them for so long that I guess I'm just not used to there being food actually left over and available for me to eat three, four or five days after I've brought it into the loft.
So, it's time to devise a plan to manage my food purchases so that I don't have so much junk left over in my fridge week after week. Either that or invite my brothers over more often...
